The Tribune

By LEANDRA ROLLE

Tribune Chief Reporter

lrolle@tribunemedia.net

THE father of a teenage boy shot and killed over the weekend said his son’s death has left him devastated and struggling to cope.

“I ain’t feeling too good,” he said yesterday. “I can’t eat nothing right. I can’t drink nothing right now.”

According to police, the teenager was walking with a family member in the area of McCullough Corner, off East Street, around 2.15am on Saturday when a lone gunman approached them from behind and opened fire.

He was taken to hospital by ambulance but subsequently died from his injuries. 

The man’s father, who declined to give him or his son’s name, said he was shocked to hear of his son’s death, as he was at home when he received the tragic news.

The father recalled his son’s ambitions of going to college and saving money to start his own business. The CV Bethel student, who had recently completed high school, was his only child but his mother’s fourth.

According to the father, his son was a quiet young man who spent most of his time playing games on his laptop.

“He told me when he finish school, he’ll try and go to college and work and after that, he’ll try to make his own business. That’s all I know.”

He added that his son was not troublesome and had never had any run-ins with the police.

Though he did not live with his son and the boy’s mother, he said their relationship was “alright” and they had spoken just a week before the incident.

Asked about his own goals, the father said he hoped to build a house one day.

Police have not yet arrested anyone in connection with the incident as investigations continue.